Sewing-machine attachment.



. E. H. CHEESEMAN.

SEWING MACHINE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-10,191].

Patented July 16, 1918.

. IN VE/V TOR @M/KM If M ATTORNEY EUGENE rL'cHEEs'EMAn, OFSEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

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Specification of Letters Patent;

Patented July '16, 19 18.;

Application filed February 10, 1917. Serial No. 147,842.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE H. CHEESE- MAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sewing-Machine Attachments, of which the following is a full, true, and exact specification.

My invention relates to sewing machine attachments, and has for its principal object: to provide an improved and novel cording attachment for sewing machines. In the manufacture of garments it is frequently necessary to form continuous plaits in the goods to receive cords. It has heretofore been the custom to first form the plait ready to receive the cord and then to thread the cord through the plait by means of a tape needle. This process is quite slow and tedious, and it is almost impossible to get the plait exactly the same dimension throughout its entire length, with the result that when the cord is drawn through it in some places it will fit the cord tightly and in other places loosely. My device is designed to assist in forming the plait directly around the cord and to hold the cord and material in such a way as to form a plait that will fit the cord snugly and uniformly. My device saves much time and labor and does a more workmanlike job than can be done by hand.

Other objects will appear as my invention is more fully explained in the following specifications, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan View of my device, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same, and Fig. 3 is a sectional end elevation of same.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, numeral 1 indicates a foot having an upstanding shank 2 at one end. Shank 2 is provided with a slot 3 by means of which the foot is removably attached in place of the usual presser foot of the sewing machine. It will be noted that the foot 1 tapers along its inner side from the juncture with the shank 2 to its point 4. A needle hole 5 is provided in the foot in order to allow the sewing machine needle to pass through it. The inner and tapered edge of the foot 1 is provided with a curved and upstanding flange 6. The flange 6 is somewhat circular in shape adjacent its upper edge and is bent back slightly at its forward point, as at 7. In the drawings the flange member is shown as a separate piece of material which is secured to the under side of the foot 1, and which is then turned up along the edge of the foot. It is apparent that the flange may be made integral with the foot 1 if so desired. It will also be noted that the flange member 6 is slightly higher and larger at the forward end of the foot than at the rear end for the reason that as the material and cord become formed and stitched they occupy slightly less space than during earlier parts of the process.

In operation my device is placed on the sewing machine in place of the usual presser foot. The material, or goods, is folded along the line which is to be occupied by the cord and the loose cord is inserted in the fold. The goods is then inserted under the foot with that portion of the fold which is occupied by the cord drawn snugly against the fian e 6, while the smooth, double thickness of t e goods extends beneath the foot. As the goods is fed through the machine it is sewed along a line close to the cord, as the flange prevents the cord from being drawn beneath the foot and at the same time assists in lolding the material snugly against the cor The above operation is only one of several methods used in cording, in all of which methods my device works equally well.

While I have shown a particular form of embodiment of my invention, I am aware that many minor changes therein will be readily suggested to others skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and I therefore desire to avoid bein limited to the exact form shown and descri ed.

Iaving described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is:

1. A sewing machine corder comprising a flat and tapered foot having an upstanding shank which is attachable to a sewing machine, a tapered side of the foot making an angle with the normal direction of movement of the material beneath the foot, an upstanding and outwardly curved flange, a horizontal tapered member integral with said curved flange, the flanged member lying adjacent the tapered edge of the said foot,

a flared forwardend on the said flange, ing and outwardly curved flange secured the whereby the entry of material is facilitated. inner tapered edge of said foot, said flange 2. In a device of the character described, having a flared forward end and tapering 10 a removably attachable foot member, said toward rear end, whereby a guide is formed 5 foot member includin a tapered foot, an which guides material about a cord during upstanding and slottef shank integral with the process of sewing. the larger end of said foot, and an upstand- EUGENE H. CHEESEMAN.

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